Quo Vadis? – Malleh Pohl

The article ‘Sri Lanka: Quo Vadis’ by Sri Lanka Guardian Editor – Nilantha Ilangamuwa brought a smile to my mind – for many reasons.  Often I am given the  label of a deaf / confused person by those who seek to reduce my status through the Sinhalese saying:

Question:         Khoheda Yanne (Where are you going)

Response:        Malleh Pohl (Coconut in the basket)

These days I am  more and more in awe of  the way the insults by the supporters of the Sri Lankan regime go back to the source of their strength through which they elevate themselves above me. Sri Lanka Guardian has facilitated  my work and hence I am able to read through its owners - the deeper workings of the ‘facility’ that is beyond the control of any structured administration – positive or negative.  On behalf of Sri Lanka – I am able to respond ‘Malleh Pohl’ to  the above inquiry.

The deeper meaning for the commoner in the above Sinhalese message is that the ‘domestic’ person would interpret the question in the language ‘she’ understands. Coconut being a domestic item – the response was as per the question the domestic had the answer for.  This is also the case with the Sri Lankan Government in relation to the UN inquiries.

The other interesting manifestation is that in the picture in  this article is the train ‘Yarl Devi’ – the Jaffna-Colombo link – with the Tamil title first and the Sinhalese second/last. I have been protesting against Jaffna name board carrying the Jaffna label first in Sinhala, next in Tamil followed by English. (http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2014/11/welfare-education.html) Yarl is Jaffna in Tamil.  Sri Lanka Guardian has through this picture delivered the correction as per Dharma – Natural Justice.

The way the current regime and its supporters are going – in the inverted structure of management – often presented through inverted pyramid – Tamils will rank above Sinhalese in Democratic status. This has been confirmed by the way the Terrorism label was matched by the War Crimes label due to the work of  the Sri Lankan  Diaspora – with majority force being of Tamil origin due to their suffering. All genuine workers invest in the system of Natural Justice – whether they do so consciously or otherwise.  That investment will support them when they are in real need.   Sri Lanka is in real need and the support is happening – including through the tireless work of Sri Lanka Guardian which has facilitated Equal Opportunity to all ethnicities. Sri Lanka belongs to all such genuine investors and not just the custodians of power.

Gajalakshmi Paramasivam – 16 November 2014

Radha Aiyar of Vaddukoddai & Chief Minister of Northern Province

Tamil Chief Minister Balancing the Books

Today, I was referred to the  article ‘Communal politics of Tamil leaders’ by Professor Nalin de Silva, published in ‘The Island’.

We are introduced to the thoughts of  Professor Nalin de Silva as follows:

‘I was not shocked when the Chief Minister of Northern Province wanted the government to hand over the custody of the seventy five children who lost their parents due to the landslide in Koslanda to the Northern Provincial Council or in effect to some Tamil organization(s) in the North. C Vigneswaran is only continuing with the communal politics of the Tamil leaders of the nineteenth century.’ 

When I received news of that offer  made by the Chief Minister – I was happy that there was help coming to Hill Country Tamils who do not have as much support as Jaffna or Batticaloa Tamils in their respective areas of residence.  To me it was as natural as me going there to help. I did go to Batticaloa during Tsunami Reconstruction time.  When I met with the President through Minister Devananda President Kumaratunga did ask me whether I was from Batticaloa. I said no that  I was from Jaffna. President Kumaratunga did have a short friendly chat aided by Mr. Mahaganapathy who was from Batticaloa. The ‘call’ for me to go to Batticaloa came through Sunthu - a Yoga Swami devotee.  Yoga Swami is common to all Hindus of  Sri Lanka and beyond.. Belief makes us common. Politics needs to be structured to develop this belief.  Hence the offer seemed quite natural to me. It seems otherwise to Professor Nalin de Silva who interprets as follows:

[It may be that the Chief Minister among other things assumes the following. All the seventy five children are Tamil. The Tamil children who lost their parents should be brought up by Jaffna Tamils. Otherwise they will lose their cultural identity. The TNA is the representative of Tamils in the Uva Province (and the whole country), though there are other parties such as the UPFA, unlike the TNA that contest in the Uva and poll votes not only among the Sinhalas, but the Tamils as well. The basic thinking of the TNA leaders does not differ from that of Prabhakaran. The UPFA even in Uva is identified not with the left of the left parties in the coalition but with the SLFP.]

If there was no provision in Sri Lanka’s laws to prevent a citizen/group  from helping another – one needs to rely on Natural laws to structure one’s path.  One would be unwise to ‘wait’ for those who get paid to do the job – to deliver the service to the needy. This is the basis on which I instituted legal action against many Australian leaders through Racial Discrimination Act 1975. It was a process I had to follow before going into the area of ‘Natural Authority’ as per My Truth. As I traveled along that path – I realized that I was being supported by the system of Dharma. I was able to make the connection to myself in the case of many such supports. But some are still miracles as far as I am concerned.

If the Tamil Chief Minister had interfered in action - with the work of Uva Provincial Government or the Central Administration in this matter  - that would have been unethical. But no one has the authority to interfere with an offer that is not unlawful, unless it affects them directly.  The expressions by Professor Nalin de Silva – as they are interpreted by me – seem the parallels of  the Sri Lankan Government preventing the international community from going to Vanni in 2009 but minus the ‘Terrorism’ reasoning. The reference to Prabhakaran confirms that in the minds of Sinhalese leaders – all those who ‘show’ their Tamil culture– including helping the needy in the Tamil Community which reduces their own status one way or the other – are Terrorists.  In fact I recall Mr. Wigneswaran also indicating this during his recent Kannabiran Memorial lecture in Chennai – on the subject matter of ‘Safeguarding Security and Sovereignty’:

“When one points out the injustices indulged in by the State, one is invariably termed a terrorist, naxalite, communist, imperialist, separatist or whatever term that is in vogue at the time to demonise and silence critics”

Through that  speech – one could easily work out the higher thought order of the mind of Mr.Wigneswaran which seems way above the reach of average Sri Lankan politician – and in this instance - academic. It is also interesting that Mr. Wigneswaran – who continues to accept his title ‘Justice’ – is quite natural in using the Judicial path rather than the Political path to interpret and share with those who would listen.

Through the above offer to care for orphaned Hill Country Tamil children – Mr. Wigneswaran was invoking the feeling of Oneness within the Tamil community – through his own feelings for those kids. One driven by such feelings-based service is a Facility. That person’s actions and expressions should not be measured through personal opinions nor General Administration – unless one is directly hurt or damaged by such actions. They are the real Governors.

Interestingly, in the above speech Mr. Wigneswaran made the distinction between Regime Security and Human Security. This is also the difference between Politics and Governance Facility. Human Security is a natural entitlement of the individual. Governance Facility is the natural entitlement of the whole that the individual is a part of.  Laws, Systems including through use of arms  - lead from one to the other.  I believe that one who fails to protect and use her/his natural Security  would not become a Sovereign person. Likewise one who fails to exercise her/his rights as an individual would not mature to become a facilitating Energy empowering  her/his environment. Today’s Governance Facility is the genesis of tomorrow’s Natural Laws governing that area. These are forces beyond the seen and the known. Believers would identify with it naturally.

The urge felt and expressed by TNA and Prabhakaran respectively – are extensions of this investment in protecting the natural sovereignty of individuals. That is God-given and is beyond the reach of other humans who are not part of ourselves. If it were true that Sinhalese leaders would feel this for Tamils or Muslims - at equal or greater level compared to Tamil or Muslim leaders – then we already have a solution in that leader. Let that leader be the Governor of Sri Lanka. If Jaffna has to have a Governor, then in the name of consistency we need to have a Governor for Sri Lanka – from the UN.

Gajalakshmi Paramasivam – 15 November 2014

Education Investment Pathway
Jaffna College Vaddukoddai ;  Principal Kadirgamar Memorial; University of  Peradeniya & Higher Education in Australia

Welfare Education?

Discussions over the Jaffna Name Board being in Sinhala first led to the following comments from a Sinhalese:

[Is there really a need for this kind of nit picking?  I once listened to Mr. Sumanthiran making a similar comment at a conference in Colombo. He said that on a currency note in Sri Lanka, the words in Sinhala meaning that  it was a valid form of payment anywhere in Sri Lanka had not been written in Tamil.  This is true but could you imagine if a phrase running into three lines is written in three languages on a currency note? Every other word is written in three languages and it is pretty obvious to anyone who can read what the note denotes - even a blind person, as the note can be brailed but no - it was not good enough for Mr. Sumanthiran.  I wonder what this kind of thinking would do in a country like India where there is one National language for over a billion people but hundreds of state languages and dialects. Can you imagine if we were talking about a bottle cap?? This is crazy talk.]

An Australian Sinhalese supporter responded as follows:

[I  refer you once again to the example  of Sumathiran – a “discriminated Tamil” who got free education from kindergarten through Law College and earned his crust through the Sinhala clients, in “Sinhala-Buddhist state” courts, (he never practiced  in Prabhakarn’s courts) and enjoyed the freedoms that he never got from the “sole representative of the Tamils” in his pseudo-state.  He hast the right  to speak in Parliament in Tamil and get translations in Tamil of all documents.]

My response to the above was:

[Education is free as in ‘welfare’ only when there is no value returned for THAT environment by that person.  Take for example – a parent educating a child. To the extent – the child ‘shows’ the value of that education through the status added to the family – that child is free of any debt. One who is not able to so show – needs to be grateful – and that settles the debt.  By staying on in Sri Lanka – Sumanthiran is confirming that he has settled his debt to the Government – the government of ALL ethnicities.  Did you settle yours to the Sinhala Buddhist part ?  Or do you still owe Sri Lanka?]

Children/Citizens  who do not ‘show’ the investment that their parents, community and society make in their education – have the duty to follow the leadership of their providers – as in  the subjective political system. Respecting those providers helps prevent disorderly thought process that result from dependence on welfare. Money-memory, like any otgher information needs to be ‘filed’ in order of priority for it to become savings supporting future growth. If information regarding sources of money – are scattered and chaotic – one fails to develop the systems needed to protect and raise the value of that money to the higher level. Likewise the mind that registers hearsay would tend to grab the information that fits the emotion of the moment.

Our Truth is the basis of our empowerment.  One who allows emotional (political) outbursts to override intellectual (administrative) outcomes – is politically driven. This is ok – so long as the Truth of the person is positive for the whole - when manifested in that environment at that time.

A good proportion of migrants bring to Australia – the value of their investment in education in their counties of origin.  Those migrants who have settled their dues to those countries are the most valuable to Australia – as they would add their Energies – to Education Service Providers – even if their official positions are low. If this is not recognized but the benefits are accepted – the official system becomes a welfare recipient – be it Australian or Sri Lankan.

When an Australian or Sinhalese – both of majority power - with thoughts of authority of her/his position fails to recognize the value of a migrant – the risk of punishing the migrant when s/he expresses her earned rights as per her/his real contribution are high. This leads to exponential negative value for the person in official position and for the whole of that organization / country.

Sri Lanka’s common problem in this regard is that such outbursts / rebellions – have been negative for the whole.  Whether we use Sinhala only policies or Tamil only demands – if we carry the debts to the ‘providers’ in whatever form or without form we would produce negative outcomes for our environment/s or become mentally disorderly. I was so classified by Australians in responsible positions due to this debt ‘owed’ by them to their providers. One such ‘Authority’ was a  young Sinhalese doctor of Sri Lankan citizenship – training in Australia. By then I was well past the 18 years of Australian residency (most of it as citizen) needed to be a natural Australian.  This young trainee did show me respect and even said that there was nothing wrong with me when the consultation was not interfered with. But later his supervisor – a migrant of Indian origin – showing dependence on ‘White Australian Supervisors’ – changed that decision – to list me as a mentally ill person. That was a manifestation of her debt owed not only to Australian system but also to Indian system. One whose mind is not orderly and/or independent – would manifest disorderly outcomes. When we keep changing the outcomes for no valid reason – we confirm mental illness. The root is our Truth. If it is negative for the whole – we need to have the discipline not to speak unless spoken to – so that we would not weaken the environment that protects us. If that Truth when manifested would have  positive outcomes for the whole – then that needs to be promoted and made standard, law and policy as appropriate.

In Tamil we refer to some of those traits as ‘Piravi (birth) Kunam (attribute).  That which is developed to become natural to us is also of this category.  We would show the consolidated value at the time of our next birth – when we may be born as members of the ‘other’ side. The above Sinhalese may be born as a Tamil if he is indebted to his providers and yet takes up authority over a Tamil who has settled her/his dues to her/his providers.  Likewise White Australians who unjustly discriminate against Aborigines and  Asian migrants. 

Migrants who are yet to settle their dues to their countries of origin need to renounce benefits from such investments by their providers and bring only the net value as Truth into their new environment. This is how the system of Karma works. To the extent they have settled their debts – they become providers including in their new environments.  LTTE and JVP rebellions were led by leaders who failed to pay their dues to their providers and therefore would not have been natural providers in their new environments. Likewise migrants – even if they hold high positions in their new environments. Often the reason for such promotion would be due to assimilation with the apparently higher powers. LTTE assimilated with Indian political leaders and JVP with Communism – through Chinese - Che Guevara combination.  These are ‘invasions’ of foreign minds to the extent they were brought in by those who were yet to settle their debt to their environments.

As per God’s system – we are all part of one system. To take up authority over another – we need to have been their provider – individually and/or collectively.  Once the debt is paid – including through show of respect and / or settled through natural appreciation one who is taking such authority is reversing the debt upon her/himself – even if it were the parent. From then on we become ‘Common Providers/Parents’. Democracy helps prevent this reversal through separation – so we would ‘see’ and recognize the receivers as equals when they are accepted as such by wider society.

To answer the first respondent – ‘yes nit-picking is important when the host becomes immune to modern pesticides’. One who is distracted by ‘quick killing’ tends to become dependent on chemical warfare that damages the head of the host.

Gajalakshmi Paramasivam – 14 November 2014

President Rajapaksa – the Anti Terrorism King?

Our Australian Parliamentarian of Aboriginal origin honored our Australian Leader – the Honorable Gough Whitlam as follows:

‘Only those who have known discrimination truly know its evil. Only those who have never experienced prejudice can discount the importance of the ‘Racial Discrimination Act’.

I wrote to a fellow Australian of Lankan origin as follows in this regard:

[As an Australian who identities with the pain of Aborigines (the parallel of Tamils without strong Administrative leadership)  I seek to share with you the message by Mr. Noel Pearson in honor of Mr. Gough Whitlam – at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDIc45eOILE

I highlight from that speech – not only because I honor all those who contributed to that Law through implementation as well as practice – but also because I actually took legal action against Mr. Whitlam’s opposition in this regard – Mr. Howard – using this particular legislation.

You are on the side of Mr. Howard – through your natural qualities.  Your interpretation would be like the ‘Children Overboard’ interpretations by Mr. Howard.   Neither would get the parallel of the above appreciation – now or at the hour of your death.]

Another in that group shared with me the following in relation to discussion about the Jaffna name board:

There are, in a sense, three "constitutions" involved: The first the constitution of nature that includes all of what was called "natural law." The second is the constitution of society, an unwritten and commonly understood set of rules for the society formed by a social contract before it establishes a government, by which it establishes the third, a constitution of government...It is possible for provisions of a written constitution of government to be "unconstitutional" if they are inconsistent with the constitutions of nature or society.
      --Orestes Brownson (1803–1876)

I responded by saying : ‘We need to use them as one system all the time (as in Programs) or stick to one system for our investments as well as returns.  Often we make the mistake of investing in the river and expecting returns from the pond (Tamil saying). To me the same message is understood through Body, Mind and Soul .

This issue of the Authority of the Law is important in the context of  current Sri Lanka – where President Rajapaksa has obtained the endorsement of the Supreme Court to stand for a third six year term of Presidency. Was it appropriate in the context of the above structure ?

In Hindu culture wise elders say that respect should be attributed in the following order: Maatha (Mother); Pitha (Father); Guru ; Theivam (God).

As an individual – I interpret that as my work outcomes being due to Emotions; Visible Benefits; Intellectual discrimination between right and wrong  and Invisible forces that keep the balance going. Until we know our father – our mother is all of this to us.  Until we know the Guru – our parents are all of this to us. Until we know the Ourselves as independents – our Parents and Guru are our visible world.   Once we realize Divine powers – called Love, Truth, Independence – we are self-sufficient and wholesome. Most of us do not make it to the last stage due to distractions on the way. Most of the distractions are due to ‘I’ factor – ‘I did it’ when there are no takers and/or when I have the power to declare so.   When we bring all contributors with us and recognize that only a portion of the outcome was due to us – we become wholesome and that ‘I’ as an independent – represents all those who contributed to the current ‘I’ which means ‘we’ – including invisible forces.

In terms of Governance the order is Politics; Administration; Judiciary and Self-Governance through our Truth.

Politicians who value Self-Governance would  value Truth. One needs to invest in Truth and look for returns through Truth.  What happens is fact only to the extent we made some investment in it.  Otherwise it is dead information as far as we are concerned.  Often we are overloaded with the latter – especially in the case of those who use higher education more for a living than for life itself. A nation with at least one self-governing  citizen would naturally support all those who think they are part of that nation. We still do not know whether Mr. Rajapaksa is such a citizen or whether he is supported by such a citizen – overtly or confidentially or naturally due to shared Truth.

Citizens who share Truth form common societies. A government of that society is formed through a certain process – referred to as a social contract by Mr. Brownson. In a democracy this structure is the electoral system. At that level  the applicable laws are formed through the Truth of that group – i.e. – whether one is right or wrong is as per the outcomes that maintain the harmony of the group at that place at that time.  The Administration of the Supreme Court has rightly or wrongly endorsed a third term structure for Mr. President.   It is NOT a Judicial ruling. That was a consultative process within the Administration of the Judiciary – for which the Executive Government is responsible.  In other words, the Supreme Court was advising the Executive President – as facilitated by the Constitution:

129. (1) If at any time it appears to the President of the Republic that a

question of law or fact has arisen or is likely to arise which is of such

nature and of such public importance that it is expedient to obtain the

opinion of the Supreme Court upon it, he may refer that question to that

Court for consideration and the Court may, after such hearing as it thinks

fit, within the period specified in such reference or within such time as may

be extended by the President, report to the President its opinion thereon.

 This is the authority of the Constitution to use the resources of the Judiciary. The outcome is very much an Administrative outcome and is not a judicial outcome.  This is confirmed further by the words ‘within such time as may be extended by the President’.  A Judicial decision needs to be independent of the President from start to finish.

The above discussion started after I  highlighted that I felt offended that the Jaffna name board was in Sinhala, Tamil & English vertical order.  When arranged equally along the lateral plane – they must have clear lines of separation. Thus in a democracy – there needs to be clear lines of separation between Mother, Father and Guru while we are administratively operational.  The reason is the multi-tasking in democracy – moving us away from specially assigned jobs as per the subjective system which promotes ‘class’ as per the jobs done.

The Judiciary is the Guru and the Executive President is the Father in this Democratic Government structure. The above provision in the Constitution does not have the authority of the Doctrine of Separation of Powers – and therefore is lacking in democratic power – as does the Jaffna Name Board.

If the President had made the interpretation based on his True belief  - he would have been supported by Divine powers to realize self-governance. As Mr. Noel Pearson also highlighted – Mr. Whitlam was Prime Minister only for three years. Mr. Whitlam  was dismissed by the Governor. Within that time Mr. Whitlam achieved so much commonness for us Australians – that many other Australian leaders would not achieve in 30 years. 

Grandparents are like Governors. They do not need Administrative structures to share their Energies with their grandchildren.  In fact it might help to discard the negative parts (the  baggage from past ) of  some structures. Then the Energy is placed directly from grandparent to grandchild / from Governor to Citizen. The Governor / Grandparent who is free of such structures is the Theivam / Divinity in the above mentioned arrangement. Some – especially Spiritual persons achieve this at early stages of their life.  Most of us need to attribute to someone furthest in the circle of physical and mental influence – the unseen and unknown reasons/causes of our pleasures / benefits – by sacrificing a part - so they would sustain us when we are confronted with pain from unseen, unknown sources. The law of Nature says that there is equal and opposite pain/cost for every unit of pleasure/benefit.  It is recognized as equal more easily by using the lateral system of Democracy with its objective measures. This tends to limit us to the immediate  - as has been the case with Mr. Rajapaksa.

But then, all Sinhalese  who focus on finding fault with ‘them’ on the other side of the ethnic border – be they Tamils or Muslims - are co-beneficiaries of  President Rajapaksa’s work and clever political thought order. None of them qualify to criticize or judge him – until they renounce the opportunities to ‘show’ and celebrate those victories – including through emails and other electronic media. If LTTE are Terrorists – then Mr. Rajapaksa is the king who got rid of Terrorism. The mind that celebrates such victory would be fearful under any other leader. Those who attributed the elimination of violence due to self-governance forces involved – are the real heroes. This may or may not include Mr. Rajapaksa on the Sinhalese side and/or Mr. Prabhakaran on the Tamil side.  If they are not part of the unseen forces – then their real and natural powers would not work a system without the ‘seen’ opposition / enemy. They would promote or facilitate  wars so they could show more wins.  

We often ‘forget’ the role of Nature and take the physical as the whole.  Then we arrange it this way and that way – to suit our own desires rather than our truly earned returns. Once we keep attributing to ‘Nature’ its dues – we would not be disappointed.  Often it becomes necessary for us to give particular form to that Nature – in our common structure – to help juniors and outsiders identify with our work values and the pleasures we sacrificed to develop a system that would support future generations and distant parts of our society. Those who are hasty for benefits – often fail to do this. 

Gajalakshmi Paramasivam – 13 November 2014

Experiencing Jaffna

Yesterday, I asked a nephew of mine whether he had enjoyed the event that he had organized? He said words to the effect – not then but later – thinking back. Under the subjective system of employment – retirement was facilitated after around 50 (55 in Sri Lanka as per my knowledge) so we could think back and enjoy our own life. Those who have low thinking orders  are not able to enjoy the past. They would either have produced negative outcomes in the past or would have produced excessive lateral outcomes that are hoarded. Strong vertical structures lead to higher level enjoyment of  the Experience itself.  When we are able to invoke that Experience after a few years and feel happiness  - we know that the core purpose has been positive.  These are the heritage values that would empower and motivate the younger generation.  Attributing  the outcomes that confirm / show  our wins more credit than is due with Truth as the Witness – and the Law as the Judge – amounts to hoarding.

Examples of such hoarding keep manifesting themselves to warn us that we are abandoning ourselves to the past / fate / karma of the past.  In terms of karma – the effects of past karma could be reduced  by current work and sacrifice. But the past must not be made active. Activating the past amounts to backward travel.  This is why wise Hindus say that we could recognize past credits and debits through the horoscope system  - but not make it active and claim current debit or credit.  In most Hindu temples, the shrine of the Navagrahas (Nava=Nine Grahas=Planets) is usually away from the main shrine and we do not prostrate before the Navagrahas for this reason. In other words we do not submit to the past but recognize and respect it.  This applies to those of us who migrate to other countries for whatever reason. Those of us to whom such migration is an expansion – become global. Others to whom such migration was preceded by separation in the mind – the country of origin  is of heritage value. 

Watching ‘Jaffna Is Calling - A film by Clickr’ – with A.R. Rahman’s beautiful music (http://youtu.be/x9TSRkczGYM )  – I felt the beautiful experience of Jaffna as if it was happening here (in Sydney) and now (November 2014).  I would have missed out on the experience – if I had taken immediate and early  credits for my contributions to Jaffna – not only through my current activities  but also  through my achievements when I lived in Jaffna. The  benefits we plough back naturally and willingly – develop the structure of our special relationship with the Land called Jaffna.  When it is the Land of our birth – the start of the relationship happens with the Creator’s blessings.

What was disturbing and disappointing in the above film clip was the “Jaffna Board” – which confirmed the following priority:

Sinhalese first, Tamil next and English last.

The Sri Lankan Constitution Requires:

18.       (1) The Official Language of Sri Lanka shall be Sinhala.

(2) Tamil shall also be an official language.

(3) English shall be the link language.

(4) Parliament shall by law provide for the implementation of

the provisions of this Chapter.

19. The National Languages of Sri Lanka shall be Sinhala and Tamil.

Accordingly the Jaffna Board ought to have appeared as follows:

In Tamil first, in Sinhala third and in English second as the link language. That reflects also the order of investment made by  PEOPLE of that part of the Land – over many generations.

Those who placed the above Jaffna Board are confirming that they lack the depth of ‘Experience’ in Jaffna.  Over-production of ‘victories’?  If yes, - they come at the cost of Experience and lack of power to influence the natural Jaffna forces.

Gajalakshmi Paramasivam – 11 November 2014

Australian Democracy Or Lankan Democracy?

| by Gajalakshmi Paramasivam

( November 5, 2014, Melbourne, Sri Lanka Guardian) Recently the following response was invoked in relation to the caste issue within the Tamil community:

‘In the late 1960s there was the famous Maviddapuram temple entry case where Chellappah Suntheralingam MP of the Vellala caste opposed the entry of Harijans to the temple while the then Superintendent of Police, Jaffna Ramachandra Sunderalingam supported the right of the Harijans to enter the place. The press reported this under the headline 'BATTLE OF THE SUNS.' The police won the case if I remember right. General Secretary of the Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist) N. Shanmugathasan also backed the Harijans.

The 'elite castes' looked down upon not only the Harijans but also hill country Tamils of Indian origin and Batticaloa Tamils.’

My response to the above included the following:

[The above picture of Mr. Sutharalingam confirms the personal family background in which Mr. Suntharalingam was groomed to be a leader. To the extent of that inheritance Mr. Suntharalingam owed a debt to that hierarchical system. One of his close family members recently disciplined me through our lawyer for taking my seat allocated to junior lawyers in the Colombo Court of Appeal! Our lawyer asked me to sit there – because he was conscious of my high contribution to the law. But not so the Lingam relative! But I accepted that as part of that system to which I was still officially an outsider – just like the junior castes that would not have been allowed entry to the temples. That Mr. Suntharalaingam’s daughter Mrs. Isha (Lingeswari) Pasupati – comes first and leaves last to organize the monthly Yoga Swami pooja in Sydney. Most of the menial jobs are done by her and she rarely comes to the front – even though she has every right to do so not only as founding member of that group but also as the wife of a leading Tamil – Mr. Samy Pasupati. An unjust Tamil leader could not have had the honor of fathering such a humble lady. As I often say – there is often conflict between duty and personal interests. One who is yet to settle her/his dues to the system which groomed her/him – is not entitled to express personal Truths.(Yes Minister). I myself had to renounce the benefits from my official position – to challenge the official system here in Australia. The punishment included prison and the mentally ill label – but the opportunities through realisation of the true needs of Australia – were the real returns – much richer than the benefits foregone. The current parallels of the two Suntharalingams are President Rajapaksa and (former) Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake. As individuals they may have lived in harmony – within their own True realities. Politics is one sided – at that time at that place. Hence it is often habitual and emotional. So long as such a one sided decision is acceptable to majority – that decision would go towards maintenance of harmony at that place at that time. It would not work outside that ‘local’ environment.]

After sharing that with community members I watched again that particular episode of ‘Yes Minister’ under the heading ‘a clear conscience’ followed by the episode ‘if the right people don’t have power – the wrong people get it’. The wrong people for the Civil Servant included Politicians and Voters and the regional governments driven by the politicians and voters. The senior civil servant also distinguishes between general democracy and ‘British Democracy’.

I noted this also to be the case in terms of Land Rights and other issues as follows: 

1. Between National Government of Sri Lanka and Provincial Government in Northern Sri Lanka – Sri Lankan Democracy

2. Between UN and Sri Lanka – American Democracy

When reading the Sri Lanka Guardian article ‘Unsolicited Tenders (Procurements) For Mega Projects, Create ‘Mega’ Corruption’ by fellow Australian of Lankan origin – Mr. Upasiri de Silva, I saw in my mind, the picture of subjective power – i.e.- Australian ‘telling’ Sri Lankan ‘explaining why “Unsolicited Procurements (Tenders)” can harm the deflated economy of Mother Lanka and provide “Black Money” to make Rajapaksa family, the richest in Asia.’ 

The measure is Australian and not Sri Lankan. However weak the Democratic component in Sri Lankan system may be – Australians do not have subjective powers over Sri Lankans and v.v. The first duty of a Sri Lankan with lower status is to separate her/himself and question the authority of the Australian – including those of Sri Lankan Sinhalese origin. The other way is to come through global structures. If the author Mr. Upasiri de Silva - had been asked to write on Australian officials in charge of such tenders – it is highly likely that he would not get far. This is the reason why many migrants from Sri Lanka accept racial discrimination in Australia while rejecting it in Sri Lanka. They are largely here for economic purposes. Our Australian status is as high as the level at which we discover Truth about us as Australians. I did so through the University which had new American leadership, progressed to State Government and proceeded to Federal Government. In terms of Terrorism – Mr. Howard was listening to his American counterpart – compromising on his responsibilities to global government through UN structures. The issue of war refugees was a good opportunity to invest in that system and its higher values. Mr. Howard compromised and thus lowered our earnings to protect ourselves.

I took the gradual approach – by taking action against individuals on the basis of Racial Discrimination and then consolidated to the institutional level. How they took it became their problem once I drew the line of separation in my mind. As per the Human Resource guidelines, the officials concerned ought to have separated themselves from me and taken up Equal position until they knew otherwise on merit basis. Subjective powers could be used to bring a junior in the system under the senior’s umbrella. But where the junior had actually completed that role successfully – all work beyond that – is ownership work and even if that structure does not recognize it – Natural Powers do. A wise leader would treat the person as a ‘governor’ – with respect above the administrative hierarchy.

In people rich countries like Sri Lanka and India – this stage is often reached by the genuine worker more quickly than in money rich countries like Australia and America. Hence the Australian or American guidelines would not suit Sri Lanka. If they were to be implemented – Sri Lankan Government would need to create more jobs at the top and employ foreigners to operate that part of the system – as the British did. The other alternative is through ‘service’ by expatriates in their own fields of expertise – the path I have chosen.

Leaders on both sides of the Sri Lankan war failed to realize the values of success. This failure was due to their dual systems – one to receive money and the other to spend money. The two do not meet naturally. The wider the gap the longer it would take for us to realize peace

King Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein of Lanka?

As per communications from Tamil Diaspora leaders in relation to the UN investigations into war activities:

[The Government of Sri Lanka has refused point blank to cooperate with the investigation despite being explicitly requested by the Human Rights Council to do so,” Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein said in his statement.]

That brought to mind, the expression of wisdom by the Living Heritage Trust Chairman -  Manik  Sandrasagra. Manik said in Batticaloa – words to the effect that democracy was a myth and thus saying he proceeded to take  control of the environment in relation to construction of houses at that particular place. In terms of the victims of Tsunami who were being helped at that particular place – that was the approach for a person seeking to ‘show’ results.  Given my investment in Democracy – I became an observer of  that particular project. I moved on to facilitate the folks of Mankerni – a larger area -  to use Government facilities – and my service was to help them recover from their fears and anxieties. This included structuring the path through which Foreign Aid was being received by them.  To me – the family was more valuable than the house. The People of Mankerni could not have been educated in the system of democracy within a short period of time. But by including them in me – I shared the spirit of Democracy with them – so they would earn the foreign aid that came through various paths to them.

The people directly affected by the war and continue to live in Sri Lanka are not likely to have knowledge of  Democracy. The UN will come today and be gone tomorrow after getting  the material to ‘show’ outcomes of their  own work and compensate those who provided the evidence towards this – as they did when LTTE were proscribed.  Unless the minds that provided the evidence feel part of global governance – and are facilitated from then on to actively practice democracy – they would become lost in a disorderly system with ever changing leadership from one extreme to another – LTTE yesterday and UN today.  UN has no right to receive handouts in the form of evidence from LTTE members, supporters and associates after it became the medium through which LTTE was proscribed. All those who lived in Vanni area submitted to LTTE Administration and therefore lost their eligibility to provide independent - objectively measurable  evidence to  the UN.   Likewise those in the armed forces.

As per the Diaspora report the UN High Commissioner stated:

“A wall of fear has been created that has undoubtedly served to deter people from submitting evidence.”

“Such a refusal does not, however, undermine the integrity of an investigation set up by the Council – instead it raises concerns about the integrity of the government in question. Why would governments with nothing to hide go to such extraordinary lengths to sabotage an impartial international investigation?”

We as Sri Lankans need to ask ourselves as to the real value added through such intervention. The above report by the UN High Commissioner confirms that the UN lacks the commitment to go to the root cause and then recommend pathways through which future wars would be prevented.  The more objective evidence one shows the greater the investment in future wars of similar nature. Getting evidence that confirms guilt on the two sides concerned - for the purpose of delivering human justice  – is like flogging a dead horse. It was not the UN that brought about an end to the war. If it was the UN – then it is investigating itself.  The Sri Lankan Government is the apparent cause.

If the Sri Lankan Government is openly found fault with – as is already being done – morally speaking the UN does not have a mandate. As per the religious example through the deity Muruga (commonly believed by both sides) – one has to renounce all benefits from a side one is likely to  find fault with. One does not have to renounce benefits from the side on whose behalf  one is hearing the evidence and submissions. If the government of Sri Lanka was blocking the path of the UN and the UN considers it to be in breach of its policies – then the UN needs to take ‘internal’ actions to discipline and improve the performance of the Sri Lankan Government.  Sri Lanka is part of the UN through its Government.   If that Government is found to be corrupt – then appropriate actions need to be taken through that part of the UN responsible for such disciplinary action. Releasing such reports directly to the public before internal efforts – is a bad example and is the parallel of  Sri Lankan Government colluding with Chinese Government and the LTTE colluding with Tamil Nadu Governments. UN to be a judge and a leader – needs to demonstrate higher standards than those being investigated.

The outcomes that have happened, happened largely through forces not seen or known. Each one of us who acted habitually or otherwise as Asura/Satan or  Dheva/Saint contributed naturally to the outcome through Nature’s system of Karma. Objectively measurable evidence  when used prematurely to judge – would confirm the seen and known causes.  They would not lead to identification of natural causes – especially by those who do not feel connected to that land and people of  that land.

 One who inquires through the seen causes does so only for her/his purposes. One needs to have the authority of a common system of administration to inquire beyond the seen into known causes .  One who inquires into causes beyond the seen and the known needs to publish the new theories that include those discoveries or quietly and silently submit them to Higher powers.  One who publishes them through subjective powers – is assuming the position of  King. In this instance – it is highly likely to be due to inherited royal title being carried by the  High Commissioner – subconsciously or consciously. Lord Muruga says to the King/Prince  - ‘renounce it or be transparent’.

Gajalakshmi Paramasivam – 08 November 2014